OAR 808-003-0112: Social Security Number

(1) The Landscape Contractors Board will not issue or renew a landscape construction professional license or landscape contracting business license issued to an individual, a sole proprietorship or a general partnership unless an applicant provides his or her social security number on the application or renewal form. The applicant need not provide the social security number on the application for renewal, if the applicant’s social security number has previously been provided to the Landscape Contractors Board and is in the record. (2) If an individual, the owner of a sole proprietorship or partners in a general partnership (where the partners are human beings) has not been issued a social security number by the United States Social Security Administration, the Landscape Contractors Board will accept a written statement from the individual, owner or partners to fulfill the requirements of section (1). The individual, owner or partner must submit the written statement on a form provided by the agency. This form must: (a) Be signed by the individual, owner or partner (where the partner is a human being); (b) Attest to the fact that no social security number has been issued to the individual, owner or partner by the United States Social Security Administration; and (c) Acknowledge that knowingly supplying false information under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to one year and a fine of up to $6,250. (3) Effective January 1, 2020, in lieu of a social security number as required in subsection (1) of this section the applicant may submit a social security number, a federal individual taxpayer identification number or other federally-issued identification number.